Growth of Slums in Pimpri-Chinchwad Urban Area & Its Effects on Urban Environment

The growth of slums in urban area is one of the major issues for urban development authority. Physically, they display a dense packing of houses and a further dense clustering of population within the houses. This in turn, is associated with various physical and social problems.

As slum is growing aspect of urban environment it is to be studied in detail to analyses its effect on urban environment. This study proposes to analyses the environmental effect in the slum of Pimpri-Chinchwad urban area.

   The slums located and growing in urban area causing environmental problems as well as population in slum contributes laborious work in the cities. To analyse and asses these thing properly the growth of slums in Pimpri-chinchwad urban area was studied for the period from 1991 to 2010. The study also helps to understand the urban environment and the basic problem related to it. out of 76 slums pockets in Pimpri-chinchwad urban area. Sample study of only seven slum pockets located at Pimpri, Pimpri-Waghere, Bhosari, Akurdi, Chinchwad, Dapodi and Nigadi were studied to analyze the problem.